Assembly: South Korea has a unicameral Kukhoe (National Assembly) composed of 300 seats with members serving 4-year terms.

Description of electoral system:

In the Kukhoe, 253 Members are elected by plurality vote in single member constituencies and 47 members are elected through a closed-list proportional representation system.

Last Election:

Elections for the Kukhoe were last held on 11 April 2012. The New Frontier Party took the most seats with 152, while the Democratic United Party took 127 seats. Additionally, the United Progressive Party took 13 seats, the Liberty Forward Party took 10, and independents took 3.

[3] The Democratic Union Party merged with the minor New Political Vision Party to create the New Politics Alliance for Democracy (NPAD). The NPAD party has since split into two parties; the Minjoo Party of Korea and the People’s Party. The Minjoo Party of Korea is seen as the successor of the Democratic United Party.

[4] The People’s Party splintered off from the New Politics Alliance for Democracy (NPAD)..

[5] In South Korea, the gender quota requires that for proportional representation elections, parties must include 50% women on candidate lists, and for single member districts, candidate lists must include 30% women.

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